hors de contrôle
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɔ̃.tʁol\
The verdict
“hors de contrôle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non maîtrisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-de-controle · hors de contrôle · French
hors de contrôle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hors de contrôle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɔ̃.tʁol\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hors de contrôle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hors de contrôle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɔ̃.tʁol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non maîtrisé.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hors de contrôle, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hors de contrôle, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E- -C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E.
Definition
- 1Non maîtrisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hors de contrôle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre fatalisme, exaspération et sentiment d’urgence, les Etats-Unis continuent de subir les ravages d’une pandémie de Covid-19 devenue quasiment hors de contrôle.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.